Ein Mann leidet an einer schweren Krankheit, die zu akuter Narkolepsie führt, wenn er glücklich ist. Er entwickelt eine Vielzahl von Techniken, um sich das Vergnügen zu verweigern, um somit die drohenden Schlafprobleme abzuwehren. Doch dann verliebt er sich… Diese Liebe wird auf eine harte Probe gestellt!
Für Magda, Mutter des kleinen Dani, schlägt das Schicksal unerwartet hart zu: Nachdem sie ein Geschwulst entdeckt hatte, bekommt sie die schockierende Krebsdiagnose. Sie wird eine Brust verlieren und sich anschließend einer anstrengenden Chemotherapie unterziehen. Eines Tages lernt sie bei einem Fußballspiel ihres Sohnes den Talentscout Arturo kennen. Doch ehe sie sich näher kennenlernen können, muss er erfahren, dass bei einem Autounfall seine Tochter getötet wurde und seine Frau ins Koma gefallen ist. Magda begleitet den am Boden zerstörten Mann ins Krankenhaus und auch später bleiben sie im ständigen Kontakt, während sie gegen den Krebs kämpft. Zwischen den beiden vom Leben Gebeutelten entwickelt sich nach und nach eine innige Verbundenheit. Aber gerade als es so scheint, dass sich das Blatt zum Guten wendet, muss Magda einen erneuten, herben Rückschlag hinnehmen...
Tig Notaro ist eine Comedy-Künstlerin, die eine niederschmetternde Diagnose erhält: Brustkrebs. Doch davon lässt sie sich nicht unterkriegen, baut die Krankheit einfach in ihr Bühnenprogramm mit ein und feiert damit riesige Erfolge. Doch je berühmter sie wird, desto mehr hat sie mit den Beschwerden zu kämpfen. Der Dokumentarfilm begleitet Tig auf ihrer einzigartigen Reise, in welche ihre Kunst ihr die Kraft schenkt, damit sie nicht aufgibt und ihr Leben schleifen lässt. Doch alles fordert seinen Tribut...
Ida hat's nicht leicht. Nachdem sie ihren Mann in flagranti mit "Tilde aus der Buchhaltung" erwischt, muss sie alleine zur Hochzeit ihrer Tochter nach Italien reisen. Bereits am Flughafen stößt sie unsanft mit dem überaus attraktiven, aber ebenso ruppigen Geschäftsmann Philip zusammen, der sich bald als Schwiegervater in spe entpuppt. Und auch sonst läuft bei der Traumhochzeit nichts wie geplant: dem Brautpaar kommen Zweifel, die Schwägerin nervt und Idas Ehemann taucht schließlich mitsamt seiner Affäre auf ...
Seit ihrer Jugend sind Singe (Rafe Spall) und Kate Greene (Emilia Fox) ein unzertrennliches Liebespaar. Die beiden gründen eine laute, quirlige Familie und könnten glücklicher kaum sein. Doch ihr Leben wird auf den Kopf gestellt, als bei Kate eine schwere Erkrankung festgestellt wird. Ihre Gedanken kreisen fortan um die Zeit nach ihrem Abschied. Da überkommt Kate eine wundervolle Idee: Sie schreibt unzählige kleine Nachrichten, Gedanken und Liebesbekundungen auf, um weiterhin ein Teil ihrer geliebten Familie zu sein. Basierend auf dem gleichnamigen Bestseller-Roman, führt uns „Gib den Jungs zwei Küsse“ auf eine emotionale Achterbahnfahrt zwischen Hoffen, Verzweifeln und der unendlichen Kraft der Liebe. Einfühlsam inszeniert und unglaublich eindringlich gespielt, wird der Film beim Zuschauer noch lange nachhallen.
Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and her breast cancer diagnosis. In the last stage of her life, she meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write a story on her life.
Dr Dennis Slamon, an American oncologist, discovers a treatment that could possibly cure breast cancer without radiation or chemotherapy. He tries to look for ways to fund the medication.
Meredith Baxter plays Joyce Wadler in this heartwarming story of hope, courage and redemption inspired by the New York City journalist's real-life struggle with breast cancer. Stuck in a lackluster relationship with her boyfriend, she's forced to re-examine her life when she receives the troubling diagnosis.
Nach dem Tod ihrer Eltern hat der lebensfrohe, aber übervorsichtige Maarten seine kleine Schwester Molly allein großgezogen. Doch nun ist sie erwachsen und will mit ihrem Freund zusammenziehen. Das Leere-Nest-Syndrom droht, ein Hund hilft erst mal nicht weiter, der hübsche Ingenieur Arthur, der Maarten eines Tages buchstäblich vor die Füße purzelt, schon eher. Mollys untreuer Freund Toen und Arthurs Überzeugung, nicht schwul zu sein, halten die Geschwister und ihren Freundeskreis allerdings ganz schön auf Trab. Dann wird Molly krank und allen wird bewusst, dass sie für manche Probleme eben nicht alle Zeit der Welt haben...
A woman in the fourth month of her first pregnancy fights to save the baby while being treated for breast cancer.
Forty-something Cecilia better known as Sissy to her friends is a cheery and vivacious seamstress. Wai Mun, her husband of many years is the captain of an acclaimed Chinese restaurant. Although somewhat discontented with life since his migration from Hong Kong to Singapore, he and Sissy are a loving couple and enjoy a blissful marriage. They have a 15-year-old son and a nine-year-old daughter who has a very close relationship with Sissy and is a source of great cheer and comfort to her. In a twist of fate, an unexpected occurrence befalls their seemingly mediocre and uneventful lives. One day as Sissy feels a hard lump in her left breast. A gush of complex emotions overwhelms her.
Der Film begleitet Jenny Gröllmann während ihrer letzten zwei Lebensjahre.
In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates gang-rape a 15 year old. He does nothing, and the next day, she's found murdered. At school, the boys and the girls react: the girls with anger at the perpetrators, the boys with jeering at the dead girl's morality. The students' parents have their own responses. Jared retreats into angry silence, disgusted that he did nothing to help the dead girl. Meanwhile, his mother wants to talk to him about her impending cancer surgery, the police want to know what he saw, and his friend Ricko wants an alibi. Jared's cracking under the pressure.
We call them by a hundred different names: boobs, knockers, jugs, hooters. We wonder if they're real or fake, too small or too big, too exposed or too covered. And every year Americans spend millions of dollars on breast enhancement, from push-up bras to surgery. Why is our culture so captivated by this particular part of the female form? "Boobs: An American Obsession" is a revealing, humorous, often poignant investigation involving everyone from anthropologists to porn stars as we explore our culture's fascination with breasts.
Shortly after graduating from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Geralyn Lucas lands her dream job working for 20/20. Lucas is then diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 27 and has a dilemma - whether to have a lumpectomy or the potentially safer mastectomy.
White Diamond is a 2007 documentary film directed and produced by William Baker and chronicling the life of Australian singer Kylie Minogue during her Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour in 2005. White Diamond was filmed between August 2006 and March 2007 in both Australia and the United Kingdom and follows Australian pop singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue on concert tour before and during her resurrected Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour, originally abandoned halfway through its original 2005 run, in Sydney, when Minogue was diagnosed with breast cancer. Intended as a document of Minogue's return to the stage following her treatment and recovery from cancer, the film also features on-stage and back-stage footage and interviews with a number of Minogue's tour crew, including Baker himself.
When a woman is faced with her greatest fear...her husband and friends and affected in ways they had never expected.
The film chronicles the diagnosis and treatment of a breast cancer survivor, interspersed with personal tales from famous international celebrities who are also survivors, or affected closely by cancer.
A profound look into the BRCA world examining what it is and how this mutation puts both women and men at a higher risk of developing numerous cancers.
For years, filmmaker Sacha Polak has known that she carries the BRCA1 hereditary cancer gene, responsible for breast cancer, but she can't decide what to do. Does she have her breasts removed as a preventive measure to minimize the risk of developing cancer? What if she had them removed, thus forsaking her femininity, for nothing? Sacha decides to make a personal and open documentary about her search.
Breast cancer has become the poster child of corporate cause-related marketing campaigns. Countless women and men walk, bike, climb and shop for the cure. Each year, millions of dollars are raised in the name of breast cancer, but where does this money go and what does it actually achieve? Pink Ribbons, Inc. is a feature documentary that shows how the devastating reality of breast cancer, which marketing experts have labeled a "dream cause," becomes obfuscated by a shiny, pink story of success.
Berta and Hugo are two strangers who find each other in a hotel room. Their lives have nothing in common... but they are closer than they appear.
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The fight against breast cancer has inspired this story, in which Silvia, finds reasons to celebrate when she meets Rafa.
At 31, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. Armed with a genetic test result that leaves her vulnerable and confused, she balances dreams of having her own children with the unnerving reality that she is risking her life by holding on to her fertility.
As a breast cancer diagnosis shatters a woman’s life, an encounter with a stranger has a ripple effect on both their lives.
Shortly after its release, the book was optioned by Working Title Films in conjunction with Cate Blanchett. In March 2013, it was announced that HBO Films is set to produce a film adaptation of the book starring Blanchett. HBO Films is closing a deal with Julie Delpy to adapt the Marisa Acocella Marchetto memoir Cancer Vixen: A True Story as a star vehicle for Cate Blanchett. Blanchett is an executive producer on the project alongside Maven Pictures partners Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray. (Aug 2013)
One in eight Dutch women gets breast cancer, which means that most people know someone who struggles with this life-threatening disease. The part of a woman's body where she is probably the most vulnerable, beautiful, proud and sexy becomes a source of despair and rage. For Ingrid, Vicky and Sabrina, breast cancer takes on various forms. They are working towards recovery through tough and painful treatment, but are acutely aware that the disease can rear its ugly head again without warning. They feel damaged and insecure, and their self-esteem is at stake, for the disease has eroded their sense of femininity. In a very personal and intimate way, Awake in a Bad Dream shows how the women and their partners try to regain control of their lives after the diagnosis. Without comment or interviews, the film follows Ingrid, Vicky and Sabrina as they face inevitable and painful choices at the hospital.
When his friend loses her breast to cancer at age 32, fashion photographer, David Jay deals with it the only way he knows how, by taking her picture. The implications are wider reaching than he ever imagined. Baring It All follows David Jay on an excursion from his life as fashion photographer into a world of young women scarred by breast cancer. Determined to restore their faith in life and their own beauty, Jay creates a photographic series of young survivors, aged 18 to 35. The portraits are beautiful yet challenging. The result is cathartic and empowering.
Caroline, a professional horse driver, learns she has breast cancer. Avoiding dealing with it, she runs off to Switserland for a championship. Her husband, Julien, is a judge who has just given a young criminal, Pierre, leave for the day. On her way to Switserland, Caroline meets Pierre and brings him along as her horse groom. When Julien finds out about the cancer, he follows his wife to Switserland.
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